TITLE:
Post-Traumatic Long Segment Small Bowel Stricture —A Diagnostic Dilemma
AUTHORS:
Kirti Katherine Kabeer, Sugumaran Manoj Karthik, Chetan Anand, Nilakantan Ananthakrishnan
KEYWORDS:
Bowel Stricture, Post-Traumatic Bowel Pathology, Delayed Small Bowel Stricture
JOURNAL NAME:
Surgical Science,
Vol.5 No.11,
November
19,
2014
ABSTRACT: Delayed post-traumatic
small bowel stricture is rare and differentiation from other more common causes
of small intestinal stricture is difficult. Presentation may be delayed up to
years after the injury. Very often the findings mimic those of other causes of
long segment strictures such as tuberculosis, Crohn’s disease, lymphoma etc.
This study analyzes two cases of post-traumatic small bowel stricture, with
different presentations and different therapeutic challenges. The literature on
this condition is not well recognized and will be reviewed. Resection and
reconstruction are diagnostic and therapeutic in patients who present with
post-traumatic small bowel stricture, as inflammatory and neoplastic causes
cannot be ruled out without histological diagnosis.